Supervise a team of electrical design engineers and supporting semiconductor manufacturing test equipment and interface/load boards. Evaluate workload and prioritize resources needed to develop brand new electrical designs. Conduct periodic team member work reviews. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to plan and implement project deliverables. Derive PCB design specifications from system requirements. Design analog circuits, including system and POL power supplies. FPGA design using HDL. Component selection and schematic entry. Work closely with PCB designers to develop PCB layouts. Debug and verify PCB assemblies. Support prototype qualification by customers, including deployment, design changes, and issue resolution. Author requirements specifications, design documentation, test plans, and lab reports. Document designs and manage changes using version control processes. Support released designs for issues or additional design and development requests. Continuously assess efficacy of design processes and implement improvements based on issues observed and as new tool / automation capabilities become available. Instill Risk Based Thinking by differentiating project planning based on New, Unique, Different, or Difficult (NUDD) framework. BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field. Minimum 8 years of experience in electrical engineering developing hardware/PCB designs. Prior experience leading the technical and organizational goals & deliverables of a small to medium engineering team. Prior leadership experience as a technical supervisor/manager. Proficiency with Siemens Xpedition or other comparable EDA tools. Experience using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, TDR, DMM, power supplies, etc. Working knowledge of Analog Device LTspice, Cadence PSpice, or other electronic circuit simulation tools. Familiarity with PCB layout, including power integrity (PI) and signal integrity (SI). Experience with FPGA/ASIC design HDL (Verilog/VHDL and System Verilog). Familiarity with AMD/Xilinx Vivado, Intel/Altera Quartus, or other FPGA/ASIC development EDA tools. Understanding of common communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART/serial, JTAG, and PCIe. Familiarity with embedded systems and microprocessor/microcontroller integration. Knowledge of Python or other scripting languages for automation of testing and analysis.
